While negotiating with the Heat, the Hawks embarked on a new year's journey that was compact but relatively weak against opponents.

On January 1, the Hawks and Wizards started their first game of the new year.

101-92, the Hawks beat the Wizards without a thrill.

Liu Mang scored 26 points, 3 boards, 2 assists, 4 steals and 4 blocks, making Arenas only score 16 points.

It looks like the margin is small, but fans who watched the game know how badly the Wizards played.

At the end of the first quarter, the Hawks beat the Wizards 38-11 and led by 27 points in the first quarter!

Arenas can be said to have seen everyone mad in the regular season this season, playing 36 games, although only 4 times 40+, there are 25 games that are above 30 points, and none of them are below 20 points.

But...... Today Arenas made 0 of 10 in the first quarter......

Liu Mang's defense is not so good, it is definitely not as good as Prince, but it is just prevented.

The main thing is the psychological role, Arenas withered when he saw Liu Mang, the more he wanted to prove himself, the more he shot, the more iron he had, Liu Mang had 3 steals and 2 blocks in the first quarter, and he abused Arenas so much that he didn't want it.

However, after Liu Mang began to rest in the second quarter, he couldn't help but complain about this group of teammates.

The wave was lawless, and he took a lead of more than 20 points at the beginning, and the wave reached 60-51 at halftime, with only 9 points left, and was slashed by 40 points in a single quarter by the opponent......

Jamison was really good, scoring 22 points in a single quarter to beat Marion and Granger.

Jamison shot 17 of 31 in the game, 7 of 12 three-pointers, and scored 46 points, but Jamison was crazy alone, and it was useless, Liu Mang reappeared in the third quarter, and stabilized the situation again, although after Liu Mang went down in the last quarter, Arenas dared to fight in garbage time to increase the score to 30+, but the Eagles still won.

Liu Mang played 23 minutes, 9 of 15, and easily got 26 points, 3 boards, 2 assists, 4 steals and 4 blocks, helping the Hawks win the victory.

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After playing the Wizards, the Hawks had a day off, No. 3 and No. 4 ushered in a home back-to-back, playing the Grizzlies and Rockets, two teams in the Southwest Division, and then No. 5 had a day off, No. 6, No. 8, No. 10, three games in five days, playing the Timberwolves, Celtics, and Bucks.

It was okay when it was back-to-back, just getting into this rhythm, and before the team had physical problems, they won two back-to-back games at home.

Liu Mang scored 20 points against the Grizzlies, only played 23 minutes, shot 6 of 11, 4 of which were three-pointers, and easily won the third-to-last Grizzlies in the West; Playing the Rockets to score 39 points, one point short of tying last season's 40+ times, Iguodala defended Liu Mang well, this opponent knows him too well, Liu Mang did his best, 30 shots 13 scored 39 points, helping the Eagles win five in a row.

But the remaining three games are three consecutive away games the next day, especially the Timberwolves who just played back-to-back games between the Grizzlies and the Rockets, although Liu Mang scored 45 points, tied with last season's 40+ times, and got the eighth 40+ this season, but Maddy was helpless to score 2 of 12 today, only scored 6 points, and with 5 turnovers, the Hawks lost to the Timberwolves 87-99 away.

This is purely because of the poor state of his own side, and Liu Mang has learned why the Mavericks can lose to the Grizzlies and Celtics.

But next to play the Celtics, when Liu Mang only scored 30 points, the Hawks beat the Celtics by 33 points.

In the last game of the brutal schedule against the Bucks, Reed, who was alone, performed well in this game, scoring a big triple-double of 39 points, 12 rebounds and 12 assists, leading the team to defeat the Hawks led by Liu Mang, who scored 35 points.

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The Eagles started the new year with a 4-2 record, which was generally good.

The record has also improved to 24-13, which is a significant advantage over the Raptors' 22-17 record.

The Heat's side has fallen to eighth in the East, and the Hawks are now basically stable in third.

The Eagles coaching staff and Liu Mang's thinking is to be stable.

A rare time when he didn't get the first place in the East, Liu Mang felt the record in the middle and upper reaches of the East, and understood, the East entered the playoffs...... It's really not that difficult, and the top four are not particularly difficult, but the position of first place in the east is really not easy, and the first and second places in the east often have a very big gap with the back.

The Bulls, who are now second in the East, are 29-10, two more games than the Hawks and three fewer losses.

Now there are only three teams in the league with fewer than 10 losses, the Mavericks, the Lakers, and the Cavaliers.

After three consecutive away games, Liu Mang returned to Atlanta with his teammates, and there were five games in the next 10 days, which was not as compact as the first ten days, but the opponent became stronger.

It's the middle of the season, and many teams are starting to get some fatigue, and the Eagles are relatively better, with an easy schedule ahead, but it also indicates that the next test is a cruel test.

First of all, there are three home battles, Nuggets, Suns, Jazz, among which the games with the Suns and Jazz are back-to-back at home, followed by a two-game away back-to-back against the Bulls and Magic, the weakest Magic team is a hard stubble, don't look at their record in general, just improved to a 50% win rate of 15-15, and climbed to fifth in the East, but they are very hard!

The main reason is that the 34-year-old Grant Hill miraculously maintains a 70% appearance rate, playing in 21 of 30 games, and the games that he did not play are the second game of back-to-backs.

And Hill averaged 10 points, 4 rebounds, 5 assists and 1.4 steals in 26 minutes per game, which played a crucial role in the Magic's rush into the playoffs.

None of them are easy opponents to deal with.

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"Iverson, Anthony, wow, it's finally time to fight them." Maddie came to the arena early this morning to practice shooting and was very excited.

"Will you defend against Iverson or me?" Liu Mang asked a very important question.

"Ace, you're the favorite to play the All-Defensive Team, come on." Maddie gave a decisive compliment.

"No, no, no, Tracy, you're already a master of the second defense, so let's do it." Liu Mang immediately replied.

Anti-Iverson, hell!

Liu Mang's most hated defense person is Iverson, and he would rather be elbowed by Kobe than have his leg broken by this guy.

"Ace, you ......" Maddie glared at Liu Mang speechlessly, "You can't prevent it, can I prevent it?" ”

“……”

“……”

Liu Mang and Maddie looked at each other and were silent.

Suddenly, a figure flickered in Liu Mang's head......

"Do you want to let Rajan defend?" Liu Mang made a suggestion.

"Ace, is that good?" Maddie's mouth was like this, but her eyes lit up.

Who wants to defend Iverson, who can get better at shooting and passing?

"Tracy, this is an experience for Rajan, he can only become stronger by fighting the strongest opponents!" Liu Mang said sonorously.

“…… Ace, you're always right! Maddie was speechless for two seconds, then immediately echoed.

The two high-fived, and it was decided!

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After a while, Mike Woodson came, and Liu Mang and Mike Woodson talked about letting Rondo go to defend Iverson.

Mike Woodson thinks it's okay: "Rajan has enough speed and defensive awareness, Ace you can take a break, you've been playing too tired offensively lately." ”

While Mike Woodson has explicitly turned down a contract extension with the Hawks, there are plenty of teams waiting for the end of the season to poach.

But in his position, when he is in charge, Mike Woodson did not casually deal with his current assistant coaching job because he was ready to change teams as head coaches.

The Hawks have a very important thing this season, which is to let Liu Mang rest more and take care of Liu Mang's huge body that consumes a lot of money by playing at least until the Eastern Conference finals every year for the five seasons since he entered the NBA.

Rondo ...... on the offensive end Just like that, there is basically no progress, and the free throw shooting is a little better, but almost half a season has passed, and it is just 50 percent of the free throw shooting rate, which is more spicy than the 48 percent total shooting rate, and the 2.5 percent three-point shooting rate is even more spicy.

Rondo has made 16 three-pointers so far this season and has only made two...... According to the statistics table on the NBA's official website, Rondo averages 0 three-point shots per game because it averages less than 0.1 per game......

But Rondo's defensive improvement is significant, just like his increasingly proficient passing, like God giving him food, and there is a natural instinct for passing and defending.

With Rondo, who can keep up with Iverson's speed, Liu Mang's burden is a little lighter, and Mike Woodson thinks it's feasible.

After Mike Woodson chatted with Liu Mang and decided to use Rondo to defend Iverson more in this game, he went back to the office, and Liu Mang continued to compete with Maddie to shoot.

Maddie is really not as good as Liu Mang, Maddie's various skills, in addition to relying on the breakthrough of physical fitness, other shooting or footwork and other techniques have reached the peak of the first-class, and when they are closest to the top, they will stagnate.

His talent allows him to quickly become proficient in any technique, but the upper limit is there, and he can't practice to the extreme like Liu Mang, Kobe, and Duncan.

As a result, if Maddy is like in the 02-03 season when he is healthy and has no good helpers, he can use his characteristics that are good at all skills to play epic efficiency, but in a strong team that needs to be role-played, he may not be as outstanding as a single-minded player like Klay Thompson in other aspects except passing.

However, Maddy's versatility allows him to do things that most players of Klay Thompson's type can't do, such as Klay Thompson's three-point shooting is a sinkhole, while Maddie has a lot of ways to adjust.

Each has its own advantages, for Liu Mang, a pure pitcher, of course, is not as good as a wheat hemp that can be thrown out if he doesn't want to do anything.

Liu Mang and Maddy's next shooting duel is about to begin, and Mike Woodson is suddenly back in a hurry.

"What's the matter, Mike, did the coach say not to let Rajan play?" Liu Mang's heart suddenly sudden.

Maddie also hurts, no one wants to defend against Iverson!

"No, Ace...... Tracy, come along......"

Mike Woodson dragged Liu Mang and Maddie to the office.

Something big is happening......

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The Eagles are crazy! 》

On January 12, 2007, the Hawks prepared for the January 13 game against the Nuggets. T gave such a title to the headline on the official website.

"Shocking trade, Hawks take over Dwyane Wade"

ESPN, for its part, gave a decent headline.

Subsequently, the NBA official, the Hawks official, and the Heat officially confirmed the deal.

The Hawks sent away the 2007 Rockets first-round lottery pick, the Hawks' 2007 second-round pick, the Hawks' 2008 second-round pick, Keller Korver, Tyshawn Prince, Rasheed Wallace, Paul Millsap, and got the Heat's Dwyane Wade and Antoine Walker junk contracts.

This is a sudden revelation of news, the Hawks and the Heat have not revealed any rumors before, people are concerned about the potential trade of the Nets and the SuperSonics in the middle of the season, but I didn't expect the Hawks and the Heat to make a trade about Wade!

With two important rotation players, go for Dwyane Wade, and people feel like the Hawks are crazy!

It's gambling!

Time Warner's commentator Bill Wharton analyzed: "The Hawks are only third in the East this season, as the best team in the new century, the greatest team, they must not be satisfied with such results, and in the foreseeable next two or three years, their roster is not as dominant as before, they are betting, betting that Wade can return to health next season, if Wade recovers seventy or eighty percent of his strength, the Hawks will make this trade."

But the risk is high, Wade's salary next season is 12 million, and if Wade doesn't get back to the Hawks' ideal form, they will be saddled with Wade's big contract until 2010, just like Grant Hill dragged down the Magic. ”

Bill Wharton's analysis has gained widespread acceptance.

Just like ESPN's headline is that the Hawks "take over" Wade, rather than the MVP combination that made up Liu Mang, Wade, and Maddy, almost no one has much hope for Wade at this time.

Wade's injury is the first in the NBA's history of injury history, and he is the only one who tore his cruciate ligament without a meniscus.

The Eagles are exactly like a gambler this time.

But......

Such a gambling transaction is too consistent with the temperament of the Eagles......

The Eagles seem to be gambling every year, from the big dog at the beginning, to Tianzun, to Maddie, except for one time in the 05-06 season.

The Hawks' deal is generally considered positive, and the Hawks are seeking change and are not satisfied with the status quo.

And the Heat's side ......

Pat Riley has been slammed again......

Wade was just injured, and in less than a month, he sold people!

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Today I have 8,000 words~ Before the body recovers, I will update the Buddhist system with 8,000 words every day, two or three chapters, adding up to 8,000 words.

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